Football tournament season
1960–61 Balkans Cup Tournament details Country Balkans Teams 5 Final positions Champions Steagul Roșu Brașov Runner-up Levski SofiaTournament statistics Matches played 20 Goals scored 59 (2.95 per match)
The 1960–61 Balkans Cup was the first edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states.
Yugoslavian runner-up Dinamo Zagreb chose to play in the first edition of the European Cup Winners' Cup , and no other Yugoslav team replaced them. The tournament was contested by 5 teams and Steagul Roșu Brașov won the trophy.[1] [2]
Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification 1 Steagul Roșu Brașov (C) 8 5 3 0 18 7 2.571 13 Winners 2 Levski Sofia 8 3 2 3 16 11 1.455 8 3 Partizani Tirana 8 3 2 3 8 6 1.333 8 4 Fenerbahçe 8 2 4 2 9 11 0.818 8 5 AEK Athens 8 1 1 6 8 24 0.333 3
Source: rsssf.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored(C) Champions
Matches 8 January 1961 (1961-01-08 )
Fenerbahçe 0–0 Levski Sofia
9 March 1961 (1961-03-09 )
29 March 1961 (1961-03-29 )
29 March 1961 (1961-03-29 )
12 April 1961 (1961-04-12 )
26 April 1961 (1961-04-26 )
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Stelian Mataiser (
Romania )
20 August 1961 (1961-08-20 )
28 September 1961 (1961-09-28 )
30 September 1961 (1961-09-30 )
12 October 1961 (1961-10-12 )
22 October 1961 (1961-10-22 )
Steagul Roșu Brașov 3–0 Fenerbahçe
5 November 1961 (1961-11-05 )
15 November 1961 (1961-11-15 )
Notes Note 1: After Steagul Roșu Brașov won the trophy on 15 November 1961, AEK Athens withdrew from the tournament. References ^ "Balkans Cup 1960–61 season". RSSSF . ^ H. Grüne, "Enzyklopädie der europäischen Fussballvereine - die Erstliga-Mannschaften Europas seit 1885", Agon Sportverlag, 1992. External links RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup 1960-1969". RSSSF . Mehmet Çelik . "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer
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